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Jack was ready to release his snowball and begin attacking the norm-bot to protect the children, but something interrupted him. Before the winter spirit could move an inch, the robot malfunctioned and collapsed on its own. "Come on! I was going to take that thing down." Jack complained, upset that his one chance to prove he could help these kids had been ruined. As the robot fell, Jack was surprised to see another kid on its back, pulling out wires and causing the damage that stopped it.
"I can't stand these things!" he complained, something Jack agreed with completely. These robots were annoying, getting in the way of anyone who tried to travel. Jamie had been worried about them as well, but with Jack's flying power it hadn't been too concerning. Walking made things a bit more difficult.
"Well, that's taken care of. Wanna get back to our game?" Jack asked, grinning at the kids. Jamie wanted to get back to the fun, but Phineas seemed to recognize the boy in front of him.
"Hey, it's Buford!" he commented, forgetting that this Buford probably didn't know him.
"Do I know you guys?" Buford asked, seeing two sets of twins in front of him. One pair seemed to be missing their dooferalls, but he didn't care. He was resisting Doofenshmirtz, after all.
"We're Candace's brothers. Hey Ferb, seeing him gives me an idea. Do you think you could help us get to Isabella's? Phineas asked, thinking maybe another one of their friends could help them get home.
Seeing the man that had easily disassembled a norm-bot gave A/D Phineas a different question, however. "Are you part of the Resistance?" he asked, in awe of what they did. It was a group that fought against Doofenshmirtz, despite their fear. Jack was curious about this resistance, wondering if maybe they could help fight against Pitch.
"I used to be part of the resistance, but I got so good at it, that I started resisting them." Buford responded, making little sense to Jack. If he was resisting the resistance, shouldn't he be helping Doofenshmirtz? Regardless, Jack was not going to complain about a kid that was willing to help in any way.
"Great job kid! Let's get going so we can deal with Pitch sooner rather than later. Er, both Pitches." Jack corrected, remembering that there were two of them here now.
"Wait, what do you mean both of them?" Phineas asked, having had enough with secrets for the week. First, Perry is a secret agent, now Jack Frost is real and there are two versions of the boogieman? He wanted answers and he would not go anywhere until he got them.
"Oh, right, I didn't explain that part did I? The Pitch from our dimension kind of fell through the portal with me. I left him back when I met my other self…and this world's Pitch Black." Jack told them nervously, expecting to be yelled at. Buford was staring in confusion at the boy that had started talking to himself, but he shrugged and let him finish. It wasn't his problem and he could always help them get to Isabella's later.
"Don't you think that was kind of important? You could have mentioned that sooner, instead of dragging us out here for some ridiculous game of yours!" Phineas complained, upset about being left out of the loop yet again. Jack actually flinched, his mind going back to Pitch's words. He made a mess of everything before and he was doing it yet again. Jack couldn't do anything right and this just proved it even further. How could Jack beat Pitch if he couldn't even get one child to trust him? Jack's smile had vanished and he was now considering leaving once more, flying off to the North Pole where no one would bother him. It wasn't like North was around to talk to, but the isolation was what Jack deserved at this point.
"Stop it! Stop yelling at him, it isn't his fault." Jamie complained, defending his friend. "I gave up on the Guardians once before and I'm not going to watch while someone else does it too." he added, grabbing Phineas and staring him in the eyes.
"What do you mean Guardians?" Phineas asked, not familiar with the turn.
"Oh you know, Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, and other guys like that." Jack commented, trying to keep his voice light despite his darkened mood. He couldn't mention Bunny, not without sounding miserable once more from the memory of his mistakes, so he left that Guardian out of his list.
"Wait, all of them are real? Ferb, did you know anything about this?" Phineas asked, watching both Ferbs glance at each other before shrugging.
"To be fair, I didn't know about it either." A/D Phineas commented, but it was clear that this conversation was between Phineas and Jamie.
"Don't let go of your belief, Phineas. I'm sure Jack just didn't want us to be scared. That's why he didn't tell us about the second Pitch, because fear only makes him stronger." Jamie said, trying to encourage the other boy.
Jack felt touched by Jamie's words, his mood improving almost immediately after hearing that at least someone didn't think he messed everything up. It was a good explanation after all, even if Jack hadn't thought of it. "I…well I guess that makes sense. I'm sorry for yelling Jack, I've just been dealing with a lot of things lately." Phineas responded, glancing towards the winter spirit to see if he was forgiven. Jack nodded, giving Phineas a small smile before focusing on their mission. Buford was still waiting for them, clearly thinking they were all insane now, but willing to help anyway.
Together, all of the boys begin to walk across the street, eventually walking through the gate to Isabella's house. "Isabella's house is right over…" Buford was saying, just as a trap door opened and caused all of them to fall inside. Jack shook his head, floating above the hole before following after the others. If it wasn't for the fact that this might be dangerous, it would be hilarious. Once he saw what was inside, he decided to let out the laughter he had held in earlier. All of the boys were tied up together, by a bunch of little girls.
"What'cha doin?" a girl asked, with long black hair.
Apparently, it was the girl they had been looking for. Jack could vaguely hear their conversation in the background, discussing how they knew each other and being released after hearing who they were. Jack himself was distracted by someone else who was here, a familiar face hidden within the room that was unnoticed by the others. "Jack Frost. I've been waiting for you to arrive." A/D Jack said with a grin, flying forward towards his other self.
Jack picked his staff up, pointing it at his clone and preparing to fight. It was a strange feeling, getting ready to fight himself, but he did it nonetheless. The other Jack laughed, amused by Jack's reaction. "Wow, already trying to fight are you? This is going to be fun!" A/D Jack cheered, landing in front of Jack and copying his pose. Jamie saw what was going on and got worried, wondering if Jack would be able to handle himself. Jamie knew it was this world's Jack, but he knew it wasn't the same as the winter spirit he had met. This Jack looked darker, with a black hoodie and dark blue jeans. Even his expression was harsher, making Jamie wonder just what had happened to this winter spirit.
"Stay back, Jamie, I've got this." Jack said, seeing the expression on the child's face. He would not endanger children, not for something like this. A/D Jack heard his words and glanced at the boy, realizing that somehow this Jack had gained belief in this world. A/D Jack felt a bit of annoyance and anger that his other self had been able to do what he had struggled with for so long. It only fueled his desire to destroy this boy for Pitch.
"So, got yourself a believer huh? Don't think that will do you any good, Frost." A/D Jack taunted, still standing tense and ready for a battle.
Jack snorted, shaking his head at his clone. "Is that all you do? Stand there and make threats? You're no better than Pitch, Frostbite." Jack said, stealing Bunny's little nickname for his other self. Jack might not like it for himself, but it worked oh so well when trying to irritate his clone.
"Oh, I can do so much more than that." A/D Jack said with a grin, letting his magic flow through his staff. A blast of snow emerged, shooting out towards Jack who flew into the air to dodge.
"Yawn, I've seen stronger throws in snowball fights with children! Give me something interesting to deal with!" Jack complained, flying above his alternate self. A/D Jack glared at him, before flying after Jack.
"That was just a warm-up. You haven't seen what I can do yet!" he yelled, wanting to prove himself to Pitch. He would not fail, not here when he was so close to getting belief. After all, once Pitch had spread his fear throughout the world, Jack would be getting help with gaining belief.
"Going counterclockwise would take…what is that?" Baljeet was saying, talking about inter dimensional travel before he saw the explosion of snow in the air. It had come from no where, but that wasn't all that happened. More emerged, colliding with ice that formed from the other side of the room.
"Guys, we have to help him!" Jamie pleaded, not explaining anything but feeling worried about Jack. Phineas agreed, but he didn't have time to build any of his normal contraptions to help Jack.
"I'm still waiting for you to go all out. I've had more entertaining fights with the kangaroo!" Jack complained, grinning as his taunts angered A/D Jack.
"Kangaroo…you mean Bunny? Man, you are seriously stupid if you don't know what type of animal he is." he claimed, shaking his head at Jack.
Jack laughed, unable to believe that A/D Jack couldn't understand the joke. "Whatever, if you don't understand it then your Bunny must be way different than mine." Jack said. He had still not sent a single blast of ice towards his other self, but he knew eventually he would have to attack. He couldn't keep dodging forever, even if this Jack seemed to have terrible aim.
"You two! I've been spending all these years- what is going on in here?" Candace yelled, about to figure out what was going on with her brothers only to be interrupted by ice crashing against the wall.
"I don't know. None of my machines are picking up any anomalies. It is beyond my knowledge." Baljeet said, glancing at his computer and pressing a few buttons to check on security within their base. Everything seemed normal, yet somehow snow was getting inside and moving on its own.
"It's Jack Frost and…well Jack Frost." Jamie said awkwardly, uncertain of how to explain that both versions were here.
"Jack Frost? You've got to be kidding me." Candace complained, needing a more scientific explanation of what was going on. Baljeet, however, was beginning to question of the child was right. He had eliminated all causes that he knew of for this and the only explanation that was left belonged to Jamie.
"Sir, I think he might be right." Baljeet said uncomfortably, glancing back towards where the ice was flying.
Suddenly, he gasped as he saw the two virtually identical boys fighting in the air. "Oh my gosh! It is them, I see them right in our base! How did they get inside?" he asked, standing up from his chair and watching in shock.
A/D Jack Frost heard what he said and stopped mid-attack. "Wait, did he just say them? As in, both of us?" he asked, staring at the child instead of his other self.
Jack Frost grinned, realizing that every believer he had gained also believed in this world's Jack Frost. "Yep, that's right. You've got yourself some believers here. I think you owe me a thank you." He said, flying over to his twin and throwing an arm over his shoulder. Jack no longer felt threatened by the boy who was in shock over seeing that he actually had believers for the first time in hundreds of years.
"Well, of course I can see you. Why would I not be able to see what is in front of my very eyes?" Baljeet asked, confused at his comments.
"Did he just..did he answer me? He can hear me?" A/D Jack asked again, still not quite grasping that it was true.
Jamie giggled, remembering the other Jack reacting the same way. "You guys really are the same! Jack…er the other Jack asked the same thing!" Jamie said with a grin, walking over to both of the flying winter spirits.
A/D Jack's eyes moved towards this other boy, seeing that he had yet another believer. "How…how do they all believe?" he asked in amazement, slowly floating down to the ground with his other self.
"Dr. Baljeet, good work. Sir, what should we do about our new intruders?" Isabella asked, now able to see the boys herself. If Baljeet says that they were causing this, then they were. He was never wrong about anything, so he couldn't be wrong about this.
A/D Candace frowned, glancing between the new boys. "Please tell me we don't have more issues because of this alternate dimension." she complained, noticing how they were identical copies just like the other versions of her brothers.
"Uh, kind of. I'm working on fixing it, don't worry!" Jack said, stepping away from A/D Jack to talk with the girl.
"You…did this? They believe in me….because of you." A/D Jack was saying, realizing the truth and staring at his other self in wonder. How could he destroy the person who had brought him his dream? Jack had been searching for this for years, for a chance to be seen by just one child. Now, he could be seen by an entire group of them, far more than A/D Jack ever expected to get. Pitch had never brought him belief, not like this. Thinking about it even further, A/D Jack began to wonder if he even tried to do so. Pitch wasn't exactly the type to think of others and A/D Jack didn't know if he could be trusted anymore. Perhaps it was time for this era of fear to end in this world.
Jack grinned at his other self, swinging his staff over his shoulders. "Of course they do. If they believe in me, they believe in you. After all, it is kind of hard to believe in Jack Frost without believing in Jack Frost." he said with a grin, not caring if he sounded like an idiot.
"Thank you, then. For all of this…for helping them believe." A/D Jack said, glancing at the kids with a hesitant smile.
"If I may make a suggestion, I'd keep this kid close. He's a lot of fun in snowball fights!" Jack said, pushing Jamie over to A/D Jack. After all, this was his Jack Frost, the version of himself that the kid should be playing with.
"Yeah, I'll keep that in mind." A/D Jack said, rolling his eyes but smiling at Jamie. Things were going to be better from now on, now that he had some belief in the world. He didn't have to spread fear anymore. He could be himself again, just having fun and playing with children. The only thing left to do was stop Pitch Black from destroying this world.
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